Volume: 54 Issue: 2
Year: 2023, Page: 450-456, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.450-456
Received: Nov. 11, 2022 Accepted: Feb. 2, 2023 Published: June 30, 2023
Subclinical endometritis (SCE) is one of the causes of poor reproductive performance in dairy cows. The objective of the study was to evaluate the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines [PICs; Interleukin -1 beta (IL-1β), Interleukin -6 (IL-6), and Tumor necrosis factor- alpha (TNF-α)] and Acute phase proteins [APPs; Serum Amyloid- A (SAA) and Haptoglobin (HP)] in blood and uterine flushings of postpartum dairy cows with subclinical endometritis (SCE). Animals (n=49) were screened for SCE at 60 days postpartum (dpp) using the endometrial cytobrush cytology, and those with PMN cell percentage ≥ 18% were identified as SCE cows. The blood samples and uterine flushings from SCE (n=15) and the control group (n=15) were assessed for mRNA expressions of PICs and APPs using the Real-Time PCR method (RT-PCR). The PICs and APPs except TNF-α were non-significant (p>0.05) in blood samples whereas a significant difference (p<0.05) was found in uterine flushings. The PICs and APPs were significantly up-regulated in the uterine endometrium indicating that collection of uterine flushings at 60 dpp could be used as a diagnostic method for evaluating gene expressions of inflammatory mediators in dairy cows with SCE.
Keywords: Endometrial cytobrush, pro-inflammatory cytokines, acute phase proteins
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.450-456